Private FINLAY MACLEAN
Last address in Lewis: 35B Breasclete,
Son of Murdo and Christina McLean, of 35, Breasclet, Uig, Stornoway.
Service unit: 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
Service number: 3/7116
Enlisted at Stornoway
Date of death: 5 November 1915 at the age of 20
Died of wounds sustained the previous day
Interred: Beauval Communal cemetery, grave C. 25
Local memorial: East Loch Roag, Callanish
Finlay appears in the 1901 census, aged 5, at 35B Breasclete, the son of Murdo (35) and Chirsty (36) and brother of John (8), Catherine (3) and Mary (1).
His brother Murdo served in the RNR and survived the war.
Battalion war diary for 5 November 1915
The battalion is in northern France, midway between Amiens and Arras.
Misty early, some rain later, but it held up, though it was dull threatening. Continued work as on 5th [sic] Nov, early mist helped us a lot. 48th Div bombarded Germans on our left, but without causing retaliation on us.
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